The feel-good story of an “American Idol” contestant’s journey from gritty Bronx to glitzy Hollywood didn’t feel so good to the Bronx borough president.

In a statement expressing his disgust — titled “American Idol’s Slander of the Bronx” — Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. alleged Thursday that the popular television show portrayed his beloved borough as a crime-infested dump.

“They have basically erased two and a half decades of work in a minute and a half,” Diaz said in an interview. “They depict the borough as if it was still the ’70s or ’80s.”

During last night’s premiere episode of the show’s 10th season, Bronx native Travis Orlando was asked by host Ryan Seacrest what it was like growing up in the Boogie Down. Orlando’s response: “It was tough — gangs, drugs, violence.”